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as in to visit
to make a brief visit
I just thought I'd run in and pick up my package
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as in to arrest
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
if we catch you shoplifting again, we're going to run you in
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Recent Examples of run in
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Dalton Rushing singled in the tying run and a throwing error by Tyler O'Neill scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rally past the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night in the series opener.
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CBS News,
20 June 2026
Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Lang's arrest marks his latest run-in with law enforcement since receiving a presidential pardon last year.
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Shawna Mizelle,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Verb
Minnesota went on a 10-0 run in the third quarter to flip it, and Williams was the engine of that stretch — crashing the offensive glass, getting to the rim, drawing fouls.
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Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
Dalton Rushing singled in the tying run and a throwing error by Tyler O'Neill scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rally past the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday night in the series opener.
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CBS News,
20 June 2026
Noun
Despite the highs, however, there were some low moments in the week — including a near run-in with Scooter Braun and an insult from a radio analyst who deemed Swift a fake Knicks fan.
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Leigh Blickley,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Lang's arrest marks his latest run-in with law enforcement since receiving a presidential pardon last year.
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Shawna Mizelle,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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In 2009 Swift made a surprise visit to the KU campus to visit her bestie, then a freshman from Tennessee on the university’s swim team.
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The trip will mark the first time the Sussex family has visited Harry's home country since June 2022, when the family of four joined a celebration to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign.
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The suspects arrested allegedly planned to target senior government officials with small, armed drones; no devices were launched.
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Police later caught up to Shockley at his father’s home in New Jersey, and he was arrested and convicted of murder.
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That expectation is reflected in our training, policies, and specific guidance on encounters with dogs.
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Bass said the shooting demonstrates a need to review department policies governing encounters with dogs.
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When the description of the vehicle — dark Honda Civic two-door — came over, that’s when Oakman looked at KCKPD Maj.
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One late afternoon in early winter, two of my mom’s siblings and their spouses, all in their 20s and early 30s, came over to hang out.
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Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
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So far this year, 17 tons of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, have been seized in the Pacific region – more than three times the total across the whole of last year, according to the Australian Federal Police.
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But the state has resisted stepping in.
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About a minute later Morocco had a corner kick that nearly went into the near post until Scotland's keeper Angus Gunn stepped in for a save.
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There is an art to cutting a cantaloupe, which starts long before grabbing the knife and cutting board.
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Schmidt can be forgiven for making this headline-grabbing prediction.
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The summer job, a rite-of-passage for generations of American teenagers, isn’t so easy to come by.
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Perhaps the most obvious caveat is that these mortgages are not very easy to come by.
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“Run in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20in. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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